International journal of Tourism, Culture & Spirituality

Design and Measurement of Religious Tourism Destination Management Model in Yazd Province

Mirfakhradini Faeze Sadat

Volume 6, Issue 1 , March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22133/ijtcs.2023.168078

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In the 21st century, the meaning of place is important to people. Meanings have gained symbolic importance through tourism heritage. Tourism is a powerful force in shaping the world and our individual understanding of different cultures, people and places. Using the descriptive-analytical method based ... Read More

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Identifying and Explaining the Effective Components of Sports Tourism in the Sublimity of Culture and Sportsmanship

Javad Madani; Rahim Zare; Ahmad Mahmoudi

Volume 6, Issue 1 , March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22133/ijtcs.2022.161040

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Sports tourism is one of the most attractive types of tourism that occurs in different regions and countries. This tourism type is effective in economic fields and extremely significant in cultural and sportsmanship contexts. To this end, the current research aimed to identify and explain the effective ... Read More

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Designing an Experience-based Tourism Model for Creative Cultural Attractions (Case Study: Tehran City).

Majid Farhadi Uonaki; Manoochehr Jahanian

Volume 6, Issue 1 , March 2023

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Background and aim: This study aims to create an experience-based tourism model for creative cultural attractionsMaterials and Methods: This research is mixed in terms of methodology. In the qualitative part, the qualitative content analysis method was used. The statistical population for this part were ... Read More

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Tourism and Spirituality: An Evolving Relationship

Richard Sharpley

Volume 1, Issue 1 , December 2016, , Pages 8-24

https://doi.org/10.22133/ijts.2016.43074

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A connection has long existed between tourism and spirituality. More specifically, travel for spiritual purposes has for centuries been a popular manifestation of human mobility. Pilgrimage and other spiritually-motivated travel is widely considered to be one of the earliest forms of tourism and nowadays, ... Read More A connection has long existed between tourism and spirituality. More specifically, travel for spiritual purposes has for centuries been a popular manifestation of human mobility. Pilgrimage and other spiritually-motivated travel is widely considered to be one of the earliest forms of tourism and nowadays, religious tourism, in all its forms, has evolved into a major sector of the global tourism market. Over the last three decades, however, an alternative perspective on the tourism-spirituality relationship has emerged. Focusing on the meaning or significance of contemporary tourism, it is argued that tourism is a sacred journey, a secular spiritual experience; in other words, tourism has become a secular alternative to the institution of religion, the contemporary tourist a modern, secular pilgrim. Hence, a conceptual divide exists in the relationship between tourism and spirituality, between spiritual (religious) tourism and tourism as spirituality (religion). Moreover, that divide is evidenced in much of the extant research into tourism, religion and spirituality. As this paper suggests, however, such a conceptual divide over-simplifies the relationship between tourism and spirituality; not only is the distinction between spiritual / religious tourism and tourism as a secular spiritual experience becoming increasing fuzzy – some traditional religious travel experiences, for example, are taking on the aura of commoditised tourism products, with implications for the experience of participants themselves – but also the relationship can be viewed from different disciplinary and theoretical positions. A humanistic perspective, for example, questions the notion of spirituality itself, whilst varying interpretations of religion / spirituality also cast the relationship in different lights. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to explore the complexity of the spiritual dimension of tourism. Reviewing the extant literature, it highlights the dimensions of and limits to research into the relationship between tourism and spirituality and, exploring the phenomenon from a variety of perspectives, challenges contemporary understandings and points to areas demanding further research.

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Components of Spirituality in Creative Tourism

Ali Hasani; Mehrnoosh Bastenegar

Volume 1, Issue 1 , December 2016, , Pages 67-90

https://doi.org/10.22133/ijts.2016.43077

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Spirituality is a universal and human phenomenon which is not restricted to any religions or religious groups. In fact, spiritual experiences are thought of as special human experiences which give meaning to life. Such enlightening experiences make man connect to a higher being. Therefore, spiritual ... Read More Spirituality is a universal and human phenomenon which is not restricted to any religions or religious groups. In fact, spiritual experiences are thought of as special human experiences which give meaning to life. Such enlightening experiences make man connect to a higher being. Therefore, spiritual tourism is a journey on which a traveller achieves a perception of spiritual experiences. Such experiences can be gained on a long walk with a group of sympathetic fellow travelers towards religious destinations. They may also be achieved while watching a pristine view of the nature which enables the viewer to understand the creator of the scene and reach deep meanings through a creative insight. Creative tourism is mostly manifested as a form of inner expression and discovery, a tool of improvement in identity and distinction or a search for the expansion of capabilities and experiences as well as an ability to reflect the life purposefully. This type of tourism belongs to self-actualizing individuals. In fact, they are educated people who seek to give meaning to life. Therefore, the creative tourism theory is the closest approach to tourism combined with spirituality. These two categories overlap with each other significantly. In this qualitative study, the two-stage Delphi technique and desk research method were used to verify this hypothesis. Creative tourism can be thought of as a new paradigm of tourism or the third generation after coastal tourism and cultural tourism. It can also be considered an evolved type of cultural tourism which pays more attention to the intangible heritage rather than the tangible one. In either case, it is a form of network tourism in which values are created collectively through available relationships and the flow of social relationships and capital in networks. Therefore, its new management models and strategies should be identified and applied. In the current study, the desk research method was used to identify such models. Then the two-stage Delphi technique was employed to verify them.

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Planning for Sustainable Tourism: An Alternative Paradigm

Larry Dwyer

Volume 1, Issue 1 , December 2016, , Pages 28-43

https://doi.org/10.22133/ijts.2016.43075

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This paper highlights key characteristics of the current mindset identified as responsible for increasing costs (private and public) associated with tourism industry expansion globally. It then identifies common elements of an alternative paradigm, contrasting its features with those of the established ... Read More

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The Spirituality of Green Travel and Tourism

Azilah Kasim

Volume 1, Issue 1 , December 2016, , Pages 116-124

https://doi.org/10.22133/ijts.2016.43080

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In todays’ world of climate change and increasing pollution, the concept of green travel and tourism has been proposed as a possible mitigating solution. However, the pace with which tourists embrace this new concept is slow. It can be argued that the reluctance to embrace is linked to the inability ... Read More

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Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Presenting Authentic Experiences through Spiritual Tourism Development

Teimour Marjani; Afsaneh Pourjam

Volume 1, Issue 1 , December 2016, , Pages 100-115

https://doi.org/10.22133/ijts.2016.43079

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Although today it is common to categorize spiritual tourism separately as a type of tourism, spirituality can be found at the heart of any travel. What might be taken as granted is that the tourist is going to add something to his/her self and, in this respect, some degree of spirituality can be sought ... Read More

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Study of Short Videos Uploaded on the Instagram platform Related to Sustainable Cross-Cultural Communication Management Cases of Iran and Oman

Leila Babakhani; Mohammad Hossein Imani Khoshkhoo

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 March 2022

https://doi.org/10.22133/ijtcs.2022.159377

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Technological development, especially over the past few years has influenced the quality of human lives considerably. According to the World Tourism Organization, the internet plays a crucial role in tourism, since it provides an opportunity for access to tourists across the world and it has the most ... Read More

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The presentation of a cultural marketing model based on the destination's cultural elements (Case Study: Shiraz)

Maryam Araghy; Mohammad Hossein Imani Khoshkhoo; Manouchehr Jahanian; Mahdieh Shahrabi Farahani

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 October 2022

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this study seeks to propose a cultural marketing model based on the cultural characteristics of the tourism destination of Shiraz. The research was conducted using a qualitative research method as well as semi-structured interviews with tourism and marketing specialists. Based on the rational approach ... Read More

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Design and Measurement of Religious Tourism Destination Management Model in Yazd Province

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Identifying and Explaining the Effective Components of Sports Tourism in the Sublimity of Culture and Sportsmanship

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Designing an Experience-based Tourism Model for Creative Cultural Attractions (Case Study: Tehran City).

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Tourism and Spirituality: An Evolving Relationship

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Components of Spirituality in Creative Tourism

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Planning for Sustainable Tourism: An Alternative Paradigm

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The Spirituality of Green Travel and Tourism

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Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Presenting Authentic Experiences through Spiritual Tourism Development

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Study of Short Videos Uploaded on the Instagram platform Related to Sustainable Cross-Cultural Communication Management Cases of Iran and Oman

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The presentation of a cultural marketing model based on the destination's cultural elements (Case Study: Shiraz)

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